Phinehas
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Phinehas the zealous
in the texts
Letters
Biblical priest known for zeal against sexual sin, invoked as a spirit who would grieve at the virgin's fall.
Phinehas the zealous, that it is not now permitted to him, taking the spear in his hands, to avenge bodily the abomination;
The Rights of War and Peace
Biblical figure whose zealous killing of an idolater became the model for the Hebrew custom of zeal.
The Hebrews call that an act of zeal, which was first done by Phinehas, and which afterwards became a custom.